MONTRÉAL CANADIENS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS 1 9 6 8 Ralph Backstrom, Jean Béliveau CAPTAIN, Yvan Cournoyer, Dick Duff, John Ferguson, Danny Grant, Terry Harper, Ted Harris, Jacques Laperriere, Claude Larose, Jacques Lemaire, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Mickey Redmond, Bobby Rousseau, Serge Savard, Gilles Tremblay, J.C. Tremblay, Rogie Vachon, Carol Vadnais, Ernie Wakely, Gump Worsley Hartland Molson CHAIRMAN, Sam Pollock GENERAL MANAGER Hector “Toe” Blake HEAD COACH 1968 EAST DIVISION SEMI-FINAL 1 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 94 v. 3 BOSTON BRUINS 84 GM SAM POLLOCK, HC HECTOR ‘TOE’ BLAKE v. GM MILT SCHMIDT, HC HARRY SINDEN CANADIENS SWEEP SERIES Thursday, April 4 Saturday, April 6 BOSTON 1 @ MONTREAL 2 BOSTON 3 @ MONTREAL 5 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Ken Hodge 1 (John McKenzie, Phil Esposito) 4:00 1. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 1 (Dick Duff) 9:33 2. MONTREAL, Henri Richard 1 (Bobby Rousseau) 14:08 PPG 2. BOSTON, Ken Hodge 2 (Phil Esposito, Eddie Shack) 13:58 Penalties — McKenzie B 1:26, Larose M 4:15, Green B (minor, major) Ferguson M 8:03, Béliveau M 9:44, Penalties — Cheevers B 0:44, Green B 10:59, Harris M 14:53 Doak B 12:48 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Jacques Laperrière 1 (Henri Richard, Danny Grant) 4:15 NO SCORING 4. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 2 (unassisted) 9:24 5. BOSTON, Ted Green 1 (Bobby Orr, Johnny Bucyk) 13:06 PPG Penalties — Backstrom M 0:58, Sanderson B Grant M (majors) 4:54, Ferguson M Worsley M (10-minute misconduct, served by Backstrom) 6:43, Duff M 9:15, Doak B 12:09, Hodge B 15:08 Penalties — Shack B Harris M 3:05, McKenzie B 10:15, Béliveau M 11:32, Provost M 12:12, Ferguson M 15:25, Westfall B 17:32 THIRD PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Claude Provost 1 (Ted Harris, Ralph Backstrom) 14:40 GWG THIRD PERIOD 6. MONTREAL, Dick Duff 1 (Bobby Rousseau) 10:24 GWG Penalties — None 7. BOSTON, John McKenzie 1 (Fred Stanfield, Johnny Bucyk) 10:47 8. MONTREAL, Jean Béliveau 1 (Gilles Tremblay) 17:34 Shots on goal by BRUINS 6 11 5 22 Penalties — None CANADIENS 11 14 10 35 BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers; MONTREAL, Gump Worsley Shots on goal by BRUINS 7 8 5 20 Power play — BOS — 0 for 6, MTL — 1 for 5 CANADIENS 15 12 14 41 At Montreal Forum BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers; MONTREAL, Gump Worsley Power play — BOS — 1 for 4, MTL — 0 for 4 At Montreal Forum Tuesday, April 9 Thursday, April 11 MONTREAL 5 @ BOSTON 2 MONTREAL 3 @ BOSTON 2 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Ed Westfall 1 (Bobby Orr, Derek Sanderson) 5:15 NO SCORING 2. MONTREAL, Jean Béliveau 2 (Jacques Laperrière, Yvan Cournoyer) 15:35 PPG Penalties — Ferguson M 2:52, Williams B 5:30, Ferguson M Orr B 8:48, Richard M 9:47, Shack B 18:00 Penalties — Green B Larose M 6:52, Harper M 12:28, Cheevers B 12:33, Awrey B 14:49, Sanderson B 19:51 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Ed Westfall 2 (Derek Sanderson, Dallas Smith) 0:49 3. MONTREAL, Claude Provost 2 (J.C. Tremblay, Dick Duff) 7:39 PPG 2. MONTREAL, Claude Larose 1 (Danny Grant, Henri Richard) 12:58 4. MONTREAL, Ralph Backstrom 1 (Claude Provost) 8:41 GWG 5. MONTREAL, John Ferguson 1 (Claude Provost, Ralph Backstrom) 18:23 Penalties — Shack B 7:47, Backstrom M 10:06, Awrey B 16:11 6. BOSTON, Tommy Williams 1 (Don Awrey, Ted Green) 19:55 THIRD PERIOD Penalties — Sanderson B 6:50, Harris M 9:02 3. MONTREAL, Claude Larose 2 (Ted Harris, John Ferguson) 7:20 4. MONTREAL, Ralph Backstrom 2 (Claude Larose) 16:33 GWG THIRD PERIOD 5. BOSTON, Ken Hodge 3 (Phil Esposito, Dallas Smith) 18:34 7. MONTREAL, Dick Duff 2 (Jacques Lemaire) 8:23 Penalties — McKenzie B 8:33, Larose M Krake B 10:34, J.C. Tremblay M 14:10 Penalties — McKenzie B 18:05 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by CANADIENS 10 13 14 37 CANADIENS 13 10 10 33 BRUINS 14 14 6 34 BRUINS 10 11 6 27 MONTREAL, Gump Worsley; BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers MONTREAL, Gump Worsley; BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers Power play — MTL — 0 for 5 3 for 19 in series, BOS — 0 for 4 1 for 16 in series Power play — MTL — 2 for 5, BOS — 0 for 2 14,398 at Boston Garden At Boston Garden © Steve Lansky 2010 bigmouthsports.com NHL and the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup are registered trademarks and the NHL Shield and NHL Conference logos are trademarks of the National Hockey League. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Copyright © 2010 National Hockey League. All Rights Reserved. 1968 EAST DIVISION SEMI-FINAL 2 NEW YORK RANGERS 90 v. 4 CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 80 GM EMILE FRANCIS, HC EMILE FRANCIS v. GM TOMMY IVAN, HC BILLY REAY BLACK HAWKS WIN SERIES IN 6 Thursday, April 4 Tuesday, April 9 CHICAGO 1 @ NEW YORK 3 CHICAGO 1 @ NEW YORK 2 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Orland Kurtenbach 1 (Ron Stewart, Reg Fleming) 11:22 1. NEW YORK, Rod Gilbert 2 (Vic Hadfield, Jean Ratelle) 15:57 Penalties — Marotte C 0:56, Marotte C Fleming N 7:29 Penalties — Marotte C 7:08 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Harry Howell 1 (Bernie Geoffrion) 7:34 PPG GWG 2. CHICAGO, Bobby Hull 1 (Stan Mikita, Pat Stapleton) 10:12 Penalties — Pilote C 7:01, Goyette N 19:00 Penalties — B. Hull C 7:23 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Rod Gilbert 1 (Jean Ratelle) 1:36 3. NEW YORK, Don Marshall 1 (Phil Goyette, Bob Nevin) 12:40 GWG 4. CHICAGO, Pierre Pilote 1 (Ken Wharram, Stan Mikita) 12:27 PPG Penalties — Jarrett C 1:25, Seiling N 15:06 Penalties — Hadfield N 3:50, Pilote C 8:00, Kurtenbach N 11:20, Goyette N 19:35 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLACK HAWKS 11 14 12 37 BLACK HAWKS 9 10 13 32 RANGERS 14 9 7 30 RANGERS 18 16 10 44 CHICAGO, Denis DeJordy; NEW YORK, Ed Giacomin CHICAGO, Denis DeJordy; NEW YORK, Ed Giacomin Power play — CHI — 0 for 1, NYR — 0 for 3 Power play — CHI — 1 for 4, NYR — 1 for 3 Referee: Vern Buffey Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Willard Norris Referee: Bill Friday Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Ego At Madison Square Garden 17,250 at Madison Square Garden Thursday, April 11 Saturday, April 13 NEW YORK 4 @ CHICAGO 7 NEW YORK 1 @ CHICAGO 3 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Pit Martin 1 (Pierre Pilote) 11:35 1. CHICAGO, Ken Wharram 1 (Stan Mikita, Doug Mohns) 15:33 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Vic Hadfield 1 (Rod Seiling, Jim Neilson) 14:47 2. NEW YORK, Ron Stewart 1 (Reg Fleming, Rod Seiling) 17:20 Penalties — Kurtenbach N (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Jarrett C (minor, major) 4:29, Nevin N 6:26, Penalties — Brown N 9:33, D. Hull C 18:54 C. Maki C 15:02 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Gilles Marotte 2 (Pit Martin, Chico Maki) 3:33 3. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 1 (Doug Mohns) 8:48 4. NEW YORK, Rod Gilbert 3 (Vic Hadfield, Jean Ratelle) 9:22 Penalties — Mohns C 13:40, Stapleton C 16:32, Neilson N 16:41, Brown N 18:18 5. NEW YORK, Rod Gilbert 4 (Jean Ratelle) 9:38 THIRD PERIOD Penalties — None 4. CHICAGO, Chico Maki 1 (Pit Martin) 8:24 THIRD PERIOD Penalties — Mohns C 4:45, Hadfield N 11:26 6. CHICAGO, Pit Martin 2 (Chico Maki, Pierre Pilote) 2:34 7. CHICAGO, Stan Mikita 2 (Doug Mohns, Bobby Hull) 5:25 PPG Shots on goal by 8. CHICAGO, Dennis Hull 1 (Bobby Schmautz, Eric Nesterenko) 8:59 GWG RANGERS 14 10 14 38 9. NEW YORK, Rod Seiling 1 (Bob Nevin, Don Marshall) 13:22 BLACK HAWKS 23 12 9 44 10. CHICAGO, Doug Mohns 1 (Stan Mikita, Gilles Marotte) 18:19 NEW YORK, Ed Giacomin; CHICAGO, Denis DeJordy 11. CHICAGO, Gilles Marotte 1 (Bobby Hull) 19:42 Power play — NYR — 0 for 4, CHI — 1 for 4 Penalties — Ratelle N 5:10 16,000 at Chicago Stadium Shots on goal by RANGERS 11 14 8 33 BLACK HAWKS 11 9 11 31 NEW YORK, Ed Giacomin; CHICAGO, Denis DeJordy Power play — NYR — 0 for 1, CHI — 1 for 2 Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Will Norris, Neil Armstrong 16,000 at Chicago Stadium Sunday, April 14 Tuesday, April 16 CHICAGO 2 @ NEW YORK 1 NEW YORK 1 @ CHICAGO 4 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Don Marshall 2 (Bob Nevin, Arnie Brown) 5:20 1. CHICAGO, Doug Jarrett 1 (Ken Wharram, Stan Mikita) 5:30 2. CHICAGO, Bobby Hull 2 (Stan Mikita, Bobby Schmautz) 16:14 PPG Penalties — Pilote C Brown N 2:50, Pilote C Brown N 6:26, Kurtenbach N 17:19 Penalties — Marotte C 2:18, B. Hull C Neilson N Hadfield N 5:46, B. Hull C Stewart N 12:12, Fleming N 15:20, Goyer C 17:28 SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Rod Gilbert 5 (unassisted) 3:15 SECOND PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Chico Maki 2 (Bobby Hull, Pit Martin) 19:25 GWG NO SCORING Penalties — Mohns C 4:01, Seiling N 6:48, D. Hull C 11:19, McDonald C 15:49 Penalties — None THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4.